Word: meetness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...20th century. For the first time in centuries, representatives of the two major Moslem sects - the Shiite and Sunnite - held a formal dialogue on their doctrine. To their surprise, they found themselves more in accord than apart. One immediate byproduct of this harmony was a resolution to meet again and form an international Islamic research center...
...West Africa. Nonetheless, whites still interpret such eye aversion as an insult or a token of inattention. Pondering the implications of eye aversion, Linguistic Anthropologist Edward T. Hall says: "How often has a polite black schoolchild cast his eyes downward as a sign of respect, and failed to meet a teacher's eye when questioned? How many teachers have thought students were 'tuned out' because they gave no visible sign they were listening? How many have said, in angry tones, 'Johnny! When I talk, you listen! Is that clear?' What is the child...
...understanding and tolerance of the special qualities of ghetto culture. Baratz, for example, argues that such well-intentioned programs as Head Start are doomed to failure because they implicitly seek to rob the Negro child of his uniqueness and absorb him into an alien white culture. "We have to meet the Negro in his world," he says, "explore his ghetto for its strengths, and understand the processes whereby this seemingly wicked environment sustains a viable culture." White America must not only learn to appreciate that culture, he argues, but to teach Negroes about white culture in a language that they...
...international monetary system, which limps from one crisis to the next. Last week Germany's Strauss called for "an agreement on better coordination of policies." That would include not only a change in French and German parities but also an expansion of world monetary reserves to meet the needs of growing trade...
...Government's liberal rules for admitting immigrants who have needed skills. Faced with a dearth of pipe fitters and carpenters, Pittsburgh's Dravo Corp. has been importing European employees through Canada. Kaynar Manufacturing Co. of Fullerton, Calif., is seeking to bring in Japanese workers to meet its demand for machine-tool operators. New York City social-service agencies have begun referring welfare recipients to taxi companies, whose shortage of 2,500 drivers has aggravated the chronic scarcity of cabs on city streets. Brokerage houses offer as much as $20,000 for senior clerks to help cope with Wall...